In
October
2011,
Abbott
made
a
“pledge
in
blood”
to
repeal
the
carbon
pricing
mechanism
as
it
passed
through
Parliament
with
the
support
of
one
Australian
Green
MP
and
three
independents.
Under
the
legislation
about
250
Australian
corporations
–
including
electricity
generators,
miners
and
some
large
regional
authorities
–
must
pay
A$23
per
tonne
of
carbon
dioxide
emitted
from
1
July.
The
scheme
moves
to
a
fully
blown
emission
trading
scheme
(ETS)
in
2015.
Labor,
which
has
consistently
polled
27-32%
in
public
opinion
polls,
compared
with
the
Coalition’s
47-50%,
must
call
an
election
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